Ariphron of Tabqah

Ariphron of Tabqah (died 276 BC) was a general of the Seleucid Empire.

Biography
Ariphron of Tabqah was born in Tabqah in the Seleucid Empire (present-day Tabqa, Syria) to a Greek aristocratic family. Ariphron of Tabqah became a commander of the Seleucid army during the Wars of the Diadochi, fighting against the Ptolemaic Empire of Egypt. In 276 BC, Ariphron engaged the army of Tanutamun of Zifta at the Battle of Safed in present-day northern Israel, and he led Militia Hoplites against the Pharaoh's Guards. Ariphron led his army from the front, and when he charged the Egyptians, he stopped only a foot out of range of the Egyptian phalangists' spears. The Pharaoh's Guards then rushed up and stabbed Ariphron and his men to death with their spears, and a rout was caused in the Seleucid army.